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Athlon XP
AMD Athlon XP is the name of the latest processor from AMD and is the counterpart to the Intel Pentium IV. It uses one A socket (also called socket 462 because of the number of pins) on the motherboard and is a seventh generation processor.
On the "Palamino" (up to AMD Athlon XP 2100+) it has 37.5 million transistors, which perform the actual operations, and 128 KB of L1 cache and 256 KB of integrated L2 cache. The front side bus speed in the latest versions is 266 MHz. The AMD Athlon XP processor uses unique QuantiSpeed technology. This increases processor performance, allowing the processor to achieve more in a shorter amount of time!
. The "Thoroughbred" (AMD Athlon XP 2200+ and above) is the first AMD processor for desktop PCs which is manufactured using 0.13 micrometer process technology. The new AMD Athlon XP processor 2200+ gives better performance, consumes less energy and has a smaller chip area. This makes it compatible with AMD's socket A infrastructure, making it easier and less expensive to upgrade existing PCs.
The Athlon is considered the strongest competitor against the Intel Pentium 4 processors, which it has already outstripped in terms of performance and speed in numerous applications.
The AMD Athlon XP processors are made in Dresden, Germany.
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